N.C. State (4-1) bounced back from a home loss to New Orleans to win three games in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and capture the Old Spice Classic championship. The Wolfpack beat Rider by nine points before edging South Carolina 63-61 in the semi-finals and Villanova 69-68 in the final. Those tough games on away from [...]

This preseason tournament–the CBE Classic–is all about the big boys. Well, three big boys to be exact. UCLA (AP No. 2, USA Today/ESPN No. 2) plays the role as the favorite. The Bruins are looking to jumpstart the 2007 season with four straight wins en route to a third-straight Final Four appearance, and possibly the [...]

Team personality: When talking about the personality of a Tom Izzo-coached team, there are only two words to describe the squad: Toughness and rebounding. Still stuck in a five-year drought (and counting) since his team’s last Big Ten Championship, Izzo is determined to raise another banner in the Breslin Center rafters. He knows that will [...]